With the eyes of the world trained on Rio, American Studies Chair Thomas Tweed discusses the significance of the city's most famous landmark.
By Michelle Boorstein
August 9
The 125-foot, concrete statue on a mountain overlooking Rio couldn’t appear more straightforward: It’s a giant Jesus with His arms outstretched.
“Christ the Redeemer” — or “Cristo Redentor” — rises almost a half-mile into the Rio sky, and is perhaps the most recognizable Christian image in Latin America.
Yet Cristo’s meaning to Brazilians varies.
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